Saudi Arabia has issued a decree prohibiting the import of Jewish-made goods from Palestine, in accordance with the recent decision by the Arab League that all Arab states boycott “Zionist” manufactures. In a message to Abdul Rahman Azzam Bey, secretary general of the League, Ibn Sau’s government said that the boycott decree was promulgated on Dec. 28.
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